he is still exactly the same person just feels happier about himself. i think it is amazing that people are clever enough to do this kind of surgery though.

Francesca F (Age 17)
wrote on Friday, 21 January 2011 @ 18:40

poor kid! still a bit weird though!

Beth C (Age 14)
wrote on Sunday, 23 January 2011 @ 11:04

i wish there was more info.

Madeline S (Age 12)
wrote on Thursday, 27 January 2011 @ 14:43

Poor Kid!

Ellie S (Age 14)
wrote on Thursday, 27 January 2011 @ 19:41

sounds pretty cool, but poor kid x

Beth C (Age 17)
wrote on Friday, 28 January 2011 @ 17:31

Poor boy I wouldnt be able to walk if I had 11 extra toes so I glad hees had an operation to remove them!

Emily P (Age 14)
wrote on Friday, 4 February 2011 @ 18:59

What about in the winter he would have to have special gloves made for him.

Natasha W (Age 15)
wrote on Saturday, 5 February 2011 @ 13:50

he should be a goal keeper his hands were as big as buses!!!

Tom W (Age 13)
wrote on Wednesday, 9 February 2011 @ 20:00

That is weird!!!

Marco A (Age 15)
wrote on Thursday, 10 February 2011 @ 20:31

poor boy! Was he born like that?! Or did he just grow them?

Sumaiyah K (Age 13)
wrote on Saturday, 12 February 2011 @ 19:24

Hopefully, he can live normally, now!

Matthew A (Age 14)
wrote on Sunday, 20 February 2011 @ 20:21

i fell so sorry for that kid

Alex L (Age 16)
wrote on Saturday, 5 March 2011 @ 12:07

poor him

Laura C (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 12 March 2011 @ 17:14

I fell really sorry for him. I bet he got bullied!!!!:(

Annabelle U (Age 14)
wrote on Tuesday, 15 March 2011 @ 16:51

poor kid

Zaynab J (Age 12)
wrote on Sunday, 27 March 2011 @ 15:45

poor kid glad her had them removed

Ka A (Age 16)
wrote on Monday, 28 March 2011 @ 18:16

how would he get to sleep!!!!!!

Aniela G (Age 13)
wrote on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 @ 10:13

Poor kid i mean amagen having 15 fingers and 16 toes

Emma T (Age 15)
wrote on Thursday, 31 March 2011 @ 20:58

Wow

Millie L (Age 14)
wrote on Friday, 8 April 2011 @ 18:06

Thats sad being born like a freak

Ryan C (Age 14)
wrote on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 @ 11:45

How sad think of how much it will affect his life. And also he will be famous so he won't be able to live a normal life, Whaaaaaa

Ethan C (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 17 April 2011 @ 08:58

weird!

Amber T (Age 15)
wrote on Thursday, 21 April 2011 @ 16:37

how sad but i hope he has a better lfe now

Libby B (Age 14)
wrote on Thursday, 21 April 2011 @ 16:46

Poor him..... At least he will have 10 fingers and toes now!!!!!!

Grace T (Age 15)
wrote on Thursday, 21 April 2011 @ 17:29

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww bless him! well egleast he could count ALOT easier

Georgia R (Age 13)
wrote on Friday, 22 April 2011 @ 19:16

Poor kid, did you know that three of his fingers on each hand were fused together? eww...

Lewis P (Age 15)
wrote on Wednesday, 27 April 2011 @ 18:16

gross and cool at the same time

Catriona K (Age 16)
wrote on Friday, 29 April 2011 @ 18:30

He must be really brave because if I had 16 toes I would never say

Alice F (Age 16)
wrote on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 @ 13:35

i feel really sorry for him

Chloe P (Age 15)
wrote on Wednesday, 11 May 2011 @ 09:41

That must feel strange...

Jens S (Age 15)
wrote on Friday, 20 May 2011 @ 19:55

poor guy loads of fingers and toes must be horrible

Shona-Mae M (Age 15)
wrote on Friday, 27 May 2011 @ 16:34

THat must have been srange. Glad it got sorted.

Laurie G (Age 15)
wrote on Friday, 3 June 2011 @ 11:31

Poor guy.

Kally M (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 4 June 2011 @ 12:30

i feel so sorry for him but at least he is ok know he is so brave.

Chloe J (Age 16)
wrote on Tuesday, 14 June 2011 @ 17:17

That must be really hard having all those extra fingers and toes! Imagine having to have your shoes especially made to fit all your toes in! :S

Arabella M (Age 14)
wrote on Tuesday, 21 June 2011 @ 16:46

thats quite odd bless him!

Holly B (Age 17)
wrote on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 @ 16:59

ahhhhhhhhhh!
tee-hee (i have 2 laugh)

Isabelle S (Age 13)
wrote on Wednesday, 22 June 2011 @ 17:30

omg if he went school people would've teased him like mad i feel sorry for that kid

Hannah T (Age 13)
wrote on Saturday, 25 June 2011 @ 07:55

wow it's good they can fixed him

Samantha L (Age 16)
wrote on Friday, 1 July 2011 @ 13:42

poor kid i wld hate to be like that.

Honor B (Age 14)
wrote on Thursday, 14 July 2011 @ 07:32

poor kid i would be embarassed to share it!!!

Isha A (Age 13)
wrote on Thursday, 14 July 2011 @ 21:27

Ahhh!!! Thts sooo scary!
I feel sooo sorry for him!!!

Sairah J (Age 15)
wrote on Thursday, 21 July 2011 @ 21:28

Poor boy, imagine the bullies! It must have been diffiult or him to get on with daily life. I hope his condition improves!

Madeleine C (Age 15)
wrote on Tuesday, 26 July 2011 @ 20:20

ouch =]

Georgina S (Age 15)
wrote on Thursday, 28 July 2011 @ 09:55

Poor little boy!!:)

Katie B (Age 16)
wrote on Thursday, 28 July 2011 @ 12:10

that must have really hurt him ouch!

Nicolas R (Age 11)
wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 15:16

(ouch)

Grace R (Age 12)
wrote on Saturday, 30 July 2011 @ 19:03

poor kid man

Ionie P (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 2 August 2011 @ 13:44

Poor kid! Is there some kind of condition which causes this sort of thing to happen?

Daniel M (Age 15)
wrote on Wednesday, 10 August 2011 @ 19:27

Better things will happen in his life

Samuel B (Age 13)
wrote on Thursday, 11 August 2011 @ 21:39

OMG POOR KID!

Millie W (Age 12)
wrote on Sunday, 14 August 2011 @ 09:19

poor him i wonder what he did about shoes

Amy W (Age 14)
wrote on Sunday, 14 August 2011 @ 18:29

Freaky but cool!

Bethan B (Age 14)
wrote on Monday, 15 August 2011 @ 17:22

Pore him.

Lucy B (Age 12)
wrote on Monday, 29 August 2011 @ 12:02

So I have seen people with one extra finger but 11 WOW!!!!!!!

Rhiannon E (Age 14)
wrote on Tuesday, 30 August 2011 @ 09:50

wow will he have to get a operation
;

Finlay M (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 3 September 2011 @ 21:06

poor him

Emma M (Age 14)
wrote on Sunday, 11 September 2011 @ 09:54

sheesh kebabs!!! (what being surprised has to do with kebabs, i do not know)

Hannah C (Age 15)
wrote on Sunday, 11 September 2011 @ 17:49

EWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But cool.

Daisy W (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 5 November 2011 @ 16:19

woah!!!! i reckon thats so epic!!!

Caitlin W (Age 15)
wrote on Saturday, 12 November 2011 @ 17:05

^^^^^^^
I agree!

Zoe B (Age 13)
wrote on Monday, 14 November 2011 @ 17:40

Wow! I'm glad that he had that op thought, and good luck to him! It made me laugh that i gave this a 'thumbs' up!
:)

Natasha S (Age 16)
wrote on Tuesday, 15 November 2011 @ 16:33

*shudder*

Jessica W (Age 13)
wrote on Saturday, 3 December 2011 @ 11:08

That must be so hard living like that!

Lola F (Age 14)
wrote on Sunday, 4 December 2011 @ 19:05

I guess you can say he needed a hand.

Becky K (Age 14)
wrote on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 @ 05:40

I can't even begin to imagine the humiliation and pain. At least he is being helped.

Millie P (Age 14)
wrote on Tuesday, 3 January 2012 @ 13:00

Poor Kid!! x

Lucy H (Age 13)
wrote on Thursday, 5 January 2012 @ 16:32

at least he's lucky now

Cat B (Age 10)
wrote on Sunday, 15 January 2012 @ 07:58

:S

Orla C (Age 13)
wrote on Monday, 16 January 2012 @ 16:22

I think it would be great to extra toes and fingers!

Ella H (Age 11)
wrote on Friday, 20 January 2012 @ 18:57

How does he live with eighteen toe fingers and seven fingers on his left hand and eight fingers on his right hand?Can he moove all of his fingers?I think it must be hard to moove all of his fngers!

Damien G (Age 11)
wrote on Wednesday, 1 February 2012 @ 17:00

It isn't freaky or weird or disgusting or anything.... My friend had 6 toes on each foot and my sister had 2 pinkie fingers on her left hand so I think that everyone who said it was disgusting or gross or Ewwww is being a bit racist but don't take it the wrong way because I am just expressing m opinion

Keziah G (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 7 February 2012 @ 10:32

'It isn't freaky or weird or disgusting or anything.... My friend had 6 toes on each foot and my sister had 2 pinkie fingers on her left hand so I think that everyone who said it was disgusting or gross or Ewwww is being a bit racist but don't take it the wrong way because I am just expressing m opinion'
Kingkezzi your right. It is natural.

Liam S (Age 13)
wrote on Friday, 10 February 2012 @ 17:45

i feel very sorry for him but they might come in handy lol

Jessica C (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 11 February 2012 @ 18:49

FAKE!!!If you look,the first pair of feet are a different shade from the other 2!!!!!!!!

Samai N (Age 10)
wrote on Sunday, 12 February 2012 @ 18:41

gruesum!!!!!

Julia P (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 12 February 2012 @ 20:36

I don't think it's horrible at all. It isn't the poor kids fault that he was born with all those extra digits. Whoever was saying mean things about him is actually being really unkind. Would you like it if you were born with all those extra toes and fingers? The poor boy boy must have had to suffer so much humiliation and ridicule. It isn't fair to bully him. I'm really glad that he is being helped. I wonder... did he really have no shoes? Poor boy!

Bella T (Age 12)
wrote on Tuesday, 14 February 2012 @ 11:54

I agree bizzy410. xx

Aletia S (Age 15)
wrote on Wednesday, 15 February 2012 @ 18:33

I was born with 12 fingers and toes and have had to have four operations, all about 3 hours long but 5 HOURS......!

Freya A (Age 13)
wrote on Thursday, 16 February 2012 @ 08:33

I was born with 12 fingers and toes and have had to have four operations, all about 3 hours long but 5 HOURS......!

Hey. Li, hope your okay and good look with your operations. All the best from me.
Cuter54321

Jack W (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 @ 18:29

Poor kid.

Luca B (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 @ 19:43

eww isn't racist. racist is about colour.

Liam S (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 @ 19:50

Aww.. poor kid :)

Orla M (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 25 March 2012 @ 11:43

09jberkley, it isn't disgusting, if you said that in school I personally would make you write out:
'I must not be rude about someone who has certain disabilities. Next time I won't do that because I realise how rude it is.' 50 times if I was a teacher. Just sayin'

Liam S (Age 13)
wrote on Friday, 30 March 2012 @ 17:05

That is very strange but at least he is better now

Michael R (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 31 March 2012 @ 14:48

That is wonderful for him his whole life he has been wishing that he could do other things naturallly and normally now he can!

Emily W (Age 14)
wrote on Wednesday, 4 April 2012 @ 10:42

He must of had ahard time at school!

Ciara R (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 10 April 2012 @ 15:20

That must really hurt!!! Poor kid.

Nuala B (Age 11)
wrote on Friday, 13 April 2012 @ 18:02

Just one question. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN ???

Erena D (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 15 April 2012 @ 15:41

Weird!!

Jessica M (Age 12)
wrote on Saturday, 21 April 2012 @ 17:13

wow poor boy, if he went to school i bat he waould have been very embarrased to take off his shoes for gym... :( poor boy

Lily C (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 24 April 2012 @ 19:16

poor kid - i bet hes happy now he can fit into a pair of normal shoes!

CH C (Age 15)
wrote on Friday, 27 April 2012 @ 17:12

everyone must of bullied him for being diffrent

KIM W (Age 11)
wrote on Monday, 30 April 2012 @ 17:43

yeah

Emma S (Age 14)
wrote on Tuesday, 1 May 2012 @ 19:46

Exposing his feet must have been a nightmare.

Ellen D (Age 14)
wrote on Friday, 4 May 2012 @ 18:12

Poor kid!!! that must be really horid!!

Afradawn K (Age 16)
wrote on Friday, 11 May 2012 @ 13:01

Poor kid , that must be sooooooo annoying and scary.I can't imagine living with 11 toes . But it's good that they removed them

NS N (Age 17)
wrote on Thursday, 17 May 2012 @ 17:48

Good luck to the boy in the future x

Melissa B (Age 15)
wrote on Saturday, 19 May 2012 @ 22:07

hope he's ok now.

Madeleine F (Age 13)
wrote on Wednesday, 6 June 2012 @ 19:17

Poor Boy! He must have felt a bit out of sorts before the operation!

Lucy J (Age 13)
wrote on Saturday, 9 June 2012 @ 07:24

It must be really diffucult to get shoes and gloves that fit him. I doubt he wheres gloves in the winter or he gets them specially made. I ,and he probably does aswell, would find that sooooo annoying.

Lucy W (Age 13)
wrote on Saturday, 9 June 2012 @ 16:11

poor guy

Matthew E (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 9 June 2012 @ 20:09

lots of stuff like that happen like a boy in india had legs on his belly and a boy in america cried blood also a lady!

Weyal B (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 10 June 2012 @ 19:46

poor thing, that is soo gross

Jessie B (Age 12)
wrote on Friday, 22 June 2012 @ 18:30

worse stuff happend to kids from chernoble like having 3 legs or being conjoind twins (twins who are stuck together)

Joseph F (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 23 June 2012 @ 15:19

he'd better not get bullied.

Katie L (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 23 June 2012 @ 16:28

Woah... poor boy; must've been painful!

Rachel H (Age 15)
wrote on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 @ 15:12

@kt727 - Hopefully he won't

Rachel H (Age 15)
wrote on Tuesday, 26 June 2012 @ 15:12

aawwwww..... at least he'll fit in now i feel happy for him .

Sanchana P (Age 15)
wrote on Friday, 13 July 2012 @ 20:01

Cool

William M (Age 12)
wrote on Wednesday, 18 July 2012 @ 07:28

He just has extra toes and fingers he still has the same personality, he is lucky, hes different

Elizabeth M (Age 14)
wrote on Friday, 20 July 2012 @ 11:30

That is NOT nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Heather W (Age 14)
wrote on Saturday, 21 July 2012 @ 19:39

Good for him.

Madeline T (Age 12)
wrote on Friday, 3 August 2012 @ 13:45

I feel so sorry for him!!! That is probably the worst operation somebody could have done on them but at least he is ok and has the right amount of fingers and toes.

Caitlin E (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 26 August 2012 @ 08:55

Poor guy I hope he will feel happy too put on a pair of shoes that actually FIT him.

JL J (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 26 August 2012 @ 11:01

Lucky him but weird

Lydia S (Age 11)
wrote on Tuesday, 28 August 2012 @ 09:34

poor boy :) good luck with his surgery

Poppy J (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 2 September 2012 @ 12:17

weird & freiky
it must have been hard not fitting into normal shoes

Hannah J (Age 14)
wrote on Friday, 7 September 2012 @ 18:15

I wonder what his friends thought about him. It must have been sooooooo embarrasing for the boy

Abigail L (Age 12)
wrote on Sunday, 23 September 2012 @ 16:38

Weird!!!

Alex L (Age 11)
wrote on Thursday, 27 September 2012 @ 16:55

soooooooo embarrasing and totally WEIRD !

Vicky L (Age 10)
wrote on Thursday, 8 November 2012 @ 20:01

Can't fit into shoes!
POOR, POOR guy!

Ben G (Age 12)
wrote on Saturday, 17 November 2012 @ 12:35

Ahhhh i feel so sorry for him!!! He must have really got a hard time for that!!!!!!! :O

Jess F (Age 13)
wrote on Friday, 23 November 2012 @ 17:29

Poor kid! His feet must be sore without shoes and his hands how does he eat? =(

Zaahra K (Age 13)
wrote on Sunday, 25 November 2012 @ 15:27

Brave boy

Katie B (Age 15)
wrote on Monday, 26 November 2012 @ 19:26

must have been scary

ELEANOR T (Age 12)
wrote on Friday, 30 November 2012 @ 08:47

Weird

Pablo T (Age 10)
wrote on Sunday, 2 December 2012 @ 11:14

awww how awful! i feel so so sorry for him. he probably was bullied about that. fingers crossed the operation went well and he can live a normal life

Ayida K (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 4 December 2012 @ 19:54

freaky but sad.

Uzair K (Age 11)
wrote on Tuesday, 4 December 2012 @ 19:59

It would be cool because you could do more than one thing at once.

Calum C (Age 11)
wrote on Monday, 10 December 2012 @ 17:01

wicked and cool but a bit crazy

Varun P (Age 12)
wrote on Saturday, 15 December 2012 @ 10:06

Poor guy It would be horrible if that happened!

Jessica V (Age 12)
wrote on Monday, 7 January 2013 @ 19:40

I feel really sorry for him, about how much pain he had to go through!

Aidan R (Age 13)
wrote on Tuesday, 8 January 2013 @ 19:33

Ouch! My friend had an extra toes growing out of is little toe
I agree with superman horrid but cool

Sophie G (Age 11)
wrote on Thursday, 7 February 2013 @ 18:24

S.T.R.A.N.G.E STRANGE!!!!!!

Miraat G (Age 10)
wrote on Sunday, 10 February 2013 @ 09:33

ooohhh, creepy right?

Jessica B (Age 13)
wrote on Wednesday, 13 February 2013 @ 19:13

unusual

Athalea M (Age 11)
wrote on Saturday, 16 February 2013 @ 18:39

Does he wear shoes>?>?

Oscar S (Age 12)
wrote on Saturday, 2 March 2013 @ 12:33

It would be fun to have lots of fingers!!!+TOES!!!

Rajan R (Age 13)
wrote on Monday, 11 March 2013 @ 08:20

Poor boy, but that must be quite cool!!!!

Sofia S (Age 10)
wrote on Monday, 18 March 2013 @ 20:43

Poor boy, I wonder what it feels like! Well anyway, it must be quite cool!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sofia S (Age 10)
wrote on Monday, 18 March 2013 @ 20:45

Why did he have extra digits to his fingers and hands ? I reckons those suregons were pretty exhausted after that op.

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